7
plunderer(noun, person, criminal, crook, outlaw)
7
embezzler(noun, person, cheat, fraud, criminal)
7
shoplifter(noun, person, crook, thug, pirate)
6
freebooter
6
cat burglar(noun, person)
6
felon(noun, villain, criminal, offender, lawbreaker)
5
buccaneer
5
kleptomaniac(noun, person, stealer)
5
lifter(noun, person, cheat, fraud, criminal)
5
marauder(noun, criminal, crook, outlaw, thug)
5
brute(noun, evildoer, evil doer)
5
corsair
5
evildoer(noun, evildoer, wrongdoer, trespasser)
5
grafter(noun, crook, thug, pirate, swindler)
5
outlaw(noun, villain, criminal, crook, thug)
5
poacher
5
privateer
5
prowler(noun, person)
5
purloiner(noun, person, crimes)
5
ruffian(noun, evildoer, evil doer)
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